Liliensternus by Moondawg

Liliensternus was a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur from the Late Triassic period, between about 215-200 mya.

Liliensternus was originally found in 1934 in Germany and was named after the German scientist, Dr. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern. Liliensternus was around 6 meters long and may have preyed on herbivores like Plateosaurus. It probably weighed around 400 kilograms.

The type species is Liliensternus liliensterni. A second species, Liliensternus airelensis, which had an extra pair of cervical pleurocoels, is now considered a separate genus, Lophostropheus.